Venus en Adonis
Marcantonio Raimondi
1520 - 1562
Medium
engraving
Dimensions
175; 264
About this artwork
verzamelaarsmerk, verso linksonder, gestempeld: Lugt 11
About the Artist
Marcantonio Raimondi · 1475–1534
Marcantonio Raimondi (c. 1480–1534), born near Bologna, Italy, emerged as one of the Renaissance's premier engravers, revolutionizing printmaking through his mastery of reproductive techniques. He trained in the workshop of the goldsmith, painter, and niellist Francesco Francia, whose influence is evident in his early engravings, such as the goldsmith-like shading in *Pyramus and Thisbe* (1505), h...